Remedy for diphtheria



UNITED STATES JOHN G. L. MYERS, F osoEoLA MILLS, PENNSYLVA OF SAMEPLACE, AND SAMUEL HOOVER,

THIRDS TO HARVEY J. WELLS, OF FOWLER, PENNSYLVANIA.

REMEDY FoR IA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- DIPHTHERIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,506, datd January30, 1883.

Application filed October 30,1882. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. L. MYERS, of Osceola Mills, in the county ofOlearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new andusetul lmprovementsin Medical (Joinpounds, and I do hereby declare thatthe following 1s a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This compound or mixture, which is for the treatment of diphtheria andthroat complaints of a. similar nature, is prepared by thoroughly mixingthe following ingredients in the proportions set forth, viz: chlorate ofpotash,two drains; tincture guaiaci, two drains; spirits of niter, fourdrams; sirup of balsam of tolu, one ounce. By the peculiar action of theundissolved 2o chlorate of potash the false membrane found in the throatin all cases of diphtheria is speedily absorbed or dislodged, and by thehealing agency of the gnaiac and tolu the throat is healed,While withthe aid of the therapeutical agency of the niter a perfect cure iseffected.

I have found this mixture to be a stimulant,

antiseptic, and solvent, neutralizing the diph therial germ. I have alsofound it greatly beneficial in cases of ordinary sore throat and in allafl'ections of the respiratory organs. The dose for an adult. is halfatea-spoont'ul every hour, followed by abstinence from all drinks fortwenty minutes.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- Amedical compound for the treatment of diphtheria, composed of chlorateof potash, tincture ot' guaiac, spirits of niter, and sirup ot' balsamof tolu, mixed in the proportions set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoatfixed my signature in presence of'two witnesses.

JOHA G. L. MYERS.

Witnesses:

W. S. WELLS, H. W. WELLS.

